straw

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From Middle English straw, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (“that which is strewn, straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread around, strew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sträi (“straw”), West Frisian strie (“straw”), Dutch stro (“straw”), German and German Low German Stroh (“straw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish strå (“straw”), Icelandic strá (“straw”), Walloon strin, Albanian shtrohë (“kennel”).

From Middle English straw, as a nickname for a thin person or one with straw-coloured hair, or an occupational name for a dealer in straw.

262 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ծղոտե (cġote) — made of straw
• Bulgarian: сламен (slamen) — made of straw
• Czech: slaměný — made of straw
• Esperanto: pajla — made of straw
• Finnish: olki- — made of straw
• Finnish: oljesta tehty — made of straw
• Finnish: olkinen — made of straw
• Galician: palloso — made of straw
• German: Stroh- — made of straw
• Northern Kurdish: ka — made of straw
• Macedonian: сламен (slamen) — made of straw
• Polish: słomiany — made of straw
• Russian: соло́менный (solómennyj) — made of straw
• Spanish: pajoso — made of straw
• Spanish: pajizo — made of straw
• Bulgarian: сламен (slamen) — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• Finnish: oljenkeltainen — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• Finnish: oljenvaalea — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• French: paille — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• German: strohfarben — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• German: strohblond — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• Russian: соло́менный (solómennyj) — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• Spanish: pajizo — of a pale, yellowish beige colour
• Ainu: ワラ (wara) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Aklanon: dagami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Northern Altai: сабан (saban) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Southern Altai: салам (salam) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Armenian: ծղոտ (cġot) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Aromanian: palj — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Aromanian: paljiu — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Azerbaijani: çöp — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• West Coast Bajau: rami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Basque: lasto — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Basque: zuhain — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Belarusian: сало́міна (salómina) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Belarusian: сало́мінка (salóminka) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Central Bikol: uhot — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Bulgarian: сламка (slamka) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Catalan: palla — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 稈子 /秆子 (gǎnzi) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 秸秆 (jiēgǎn) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 秸稈 /秸秆 (jiēgǎn) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• East Circassian: хьэуазэ (ḥɛwazɛ) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• West Circassian: хьэуарз (ḥɛwarz) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• West Circassian: уарзэ (warzɛ) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• West Circassian: хьэуарзэ (ḥɛwarzɛ) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Cornish: kalaven — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Crimean Tatar: toban — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Czech: sláma — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Danish: halm — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Danish: strå — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Esperanto: pajlero — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Estonian: õlekõrs — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Estonian: kõrs — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Finnish: olki — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• French: paille — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• French: fétu — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Galician: palla — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• German: Halm — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• German: Strohhalm — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Greek: άχυρο (áchyro) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Hebrew: קַשׁ (qash) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Hungarian: szalma — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Icelandic: strá — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Ido: palio — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Indonesian: jerami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Irish: fadóg — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Irish: sifín — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Isnag: daxami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Italian: festuca — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Italian: pagliuzza — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Japanese: 藁 (wara) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Japanese: ワラ (wara) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Javanese: dami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Korean: 짚 (jip) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Kumyk: салам (salam) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Central Kurdish: کا (ka) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Northern Kurdish: ka ka — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Lao: ເຟືອງ (fư̄ang) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Latgalian: cysa — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Latvian: salms — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Lithuanian: šiaudas — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Lombard: paia — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Lombard: paja — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Macedonian: сла́мка (slámka) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Malay: jerami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Malayalam: വയ്ക്കോൽ (vaykkōl) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Malayalam: കച്ചിൽ (kaccil) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Mansaka: dagami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Māori: kakau witi — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Central Melanau: jeramek — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Norman: païle — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Norman: pâle — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Norman: pâlle — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Occitan: palha — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Persian: کاه (kâh) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Persian: پوشال (pušâl) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Polish: słomka — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Portuguese: palha — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Quechua: ichhu — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Romagnol: paja — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Romanian: pai — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Russian: соло́мина (solómina) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Russian: соло́минка (solóminka) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Scottish Gaelic: sràbh — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Serbo-Croatian: сламка — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Serbo-Croatian: slamka — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Slovak: slama — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Spanish: paja — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Swedish: halm — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Swedish: strå — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Swedish: halmstrå — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Tagalog: dayami — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Thai: ฟาง (faang) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Tibetan: སོག་མ (sog ma) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Turkish: saman — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Turkish: hasır — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Turkmen: sypal — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Ukrainian: соломи́на (solomýna) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Ukrainian: соломи́нка (solomýnka) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Venetan: festuch — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Venetan: festuca — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Vietnamese: rơm — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Volapük: stolastag — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Walloon: fistou — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Walloon: strin — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Walloon: paye — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Welsh: gwelltyn — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Zazaki: sakil (diq) — a dried stalk of a cereal plant
• Albanian: kashtë — dried stalks considered collectively
• Southern Altai: салам (salam) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Arabic: قَشّ (qašš) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Arabic: قَشّ (gašš) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Armenian: ծղոտ (cġot) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Aromanian: paljã — dried stalks considered collectively
• Asturian: paya — dried stalks considered collectively
• Azerbaijani: saman — dried stalks considered collectively
• Bashkir: һалам (halam) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Belarusian: сало́ма (salóma) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Bengali: খড় (khoṛ) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Bhojpuri: खर (khar) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Bulgarian: сла́ма (sláma) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Burmese: ကောက်ရိုး (kauk-rui:) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Buryat: һолоомон (holoomon) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Catalan: palla — dried stalks considered collectively
• Cebuano: dagami — dried stalks considered collectively
• Chechen: ча (ča) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Chinese Mandarin: 稻草 (dàocǎo) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Czech: sláma — dried stalks considered collectively
• Danish: halm — dried stalks considered collectively
• Danish: strå — dried stalks considered collectively
• Dutch: stro — dried stalks considered collectively
• Esperanto: pajlo — dried stalks considered collectively
• Estonian: põhk — dried stalks considered collectively
• Finnish: olki — dried stalks considered collectively
• Finnish: pahna — dried stalks considered collectively
• French: paille — dried stalks considered collectively
• Friulian: pae — dried stalks considered collectively
• Galician: palla — dried stalks considered collectively
• Georgian: ჩალა (čala) — dried stalks considered collectively
• German: Stroh — dried stalks considered collectively
• Hebrew: קַשׁ (qash) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Hebrew: תֶּבֶן (téven) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Hindi: पुआल (puāl) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Hindi: तिनका (tinkā) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Hungarian: szalma — dried stalks considered collectively
• Icelandic: strá — dried stalks considered collectively
• Indonesian: jerami — dried stalks considered collectively
• Irish: tuí — dried stalks considered collectively
• Irish: cochán — dried stalks considered collectively
• Istriot: paja — dried stalks considered collectively
• Italian: paglia — dried stalks considered collectively
• Japanese: 藁 (wara) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Japanese: ワラ (wara) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Kazakh: сабан (saban) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Kazakh: салам (salam) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Khmer: ចំបើង (cɑmbaəng) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Korean: 짚 (jip) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Northern Kurdish: pûş — dried stalks considered collectively
• Kyrgyz: саман (saman) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Lao: ເຟືອງ (fư̄ang) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Latin: stipula — dried stalks considered collectively
• Latvian: salmi — dried stalks considered collectively
• Lithuanian: šiaudai — dried stalks considered collectively
• Lombard: paja — dried stalks considered collectively
• Low German: Stroh — dried stalks considered collectively
• Luxembourgish: Stréi — dried stalks considered collectively
• Macedonian: слама (slama) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Malay: jerami — dried stalks considered collectively
• Malayalam: വയ്ക്കോൽ (vaykkōl) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Malayalam: കച്ചിൽ (kaccil) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Mauritian Creole: lapay — dried stalks considered collectively
• Mongolian: дэрс (ders) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Neapolitan: paglia — dried stalks considered collectively
• Norman: païle — dried stalks considered collectively
• Norman: pâle — dried stalks considered collectively
• Norman: pâlle — dried stalks considered collectively
• Norwegian Bokmål: strå — dried stalks considered collectively
• Norwegian Bokmål: halm — dried stalks considered collectively
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halm — dried stalks considered collectively
• Occitan: palha — dried stalks considered collectively
• Church Slavic: слама (slama) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Old East Slavic: солома (soloma) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Old English: strēaw — dried stalks considered collectively
• Persian: نی (ney) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Persian: کاه (kâh) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Polish: słoma — dried stalks considered collectively
• Portuguese: palha — dried stalks considered collectively
• Romanian: paie — dried stalks considered collectively
• Russian: соло́ма (solóma) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Sardinian: palla — dried stalks considered collectively
• Sardinian: padha — dried stalks considered collectively
• Sardinian: pàgia — dried stalks considered collectively
• Sardinian: pàlgia — dried stalks considered collectively
• Sardinian: paxa — dried stalks considered collectively
• Sardinian: patza — dried stalks considered collectively
• Sardinian: paza — dried stalks considered collectively
• Serbo-Croatian: слама — dried stalks considered collectively
• Serbo-Croatian: slama — dried stalks considered collectively
• Slovak: slama — dried stalks considered collectively
• Slovene: slama — dried stalks considered collectively
• Lower Sorbian: słoma — dried stalks considered collectively
• Spanish: paja — dried stalks considered collectively
• Swedish: halm — dried stalks considered collectively
• Swedish: strå — dried stalks considered collectively
• Tagalog: munti — dried stalks considered collectively
• Tajik: пахол (paxol) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Tajik: коҳ (koh) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Thai: ฟาง (faang) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Tibetan: སོག་མ (sog ma) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Turkish: saman — dried stalks considered collectively
• Turkish: hasır — dried stalks considered collectively
• Turkish: balya — dried stalks considered collectively
• Turkmen: saman — dried stalks considered collectively
• Turkmen: sypal — dried stalks considered collectively
• Ukrainian: соло́ма (solóma) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Urdu: تنکا (tiṅkā) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Urdu: پوال (puāl) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Uyghur: پاخلا (paxla) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Uyghur: سامان (saman) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Uzbek: poxol — dried stalks considered collectively
• Uzbek: somon — dried stalks considered collectively
• Venetan: paja — dried stalks considered collectively
• Vietnamese: rơm — dried stalks considered collectively
• Vilamovian: śtruf — dried stalks considered collectively
• Volapük: stol — dried stalks considered collectively
• Walloon: strin — dried stalks considered collectively
• Walloon: paye — dried stalks considered collectively
• Welsh: gwellt — dried stalks considered collectively
• Yiddish: שטרוי (shtroy) — dried stalks considered collectively
• Zazaki: patil — dried stalks considered collectively
• Bulgarian: сламен (slamen) — colour
• Finnish: oljenkeltainen — colour
• French: jaune paille — colour
• German: strohfarben — colour
• German: strohgelb — colour
• Hungarian: szalmasárga — colour
• Italian: paglia — colour
• Japanese: 藁色 (warairo) — colour
• Japanese: わら色 (warairo) — colour
• Spanish: pajizo — colour
• Spanish: pajiza — colour